Worm-like
111Seat worm — Seat Seat (s[=e]t), n. [OE. sete, Icel. s[ae]ti; akin to Sw. s[ a]te, Dan. s[ae]de, MHG. s[=a]ze, AS. set, setl, and E. sit. [root]154. See {Sit}, and cf. {Settle}, n.] 1. The place or thing upon which one sits; hence; anything made to be sat in… …
112Star worm — Star Star (st[aum]r), n. [OE. sterre, AS. steorra; akin to OFries. stera, OS. sterro, D. ster, OHG. sterno, sterro, G. stern, Icel. stjarna, Sw. stjerna, Dan. stierne, Goth. sta[ i]rn[=o], Armor. & Corn. steren, L. stella, Gr. asth r, a stron,… …
113Strawberry worm — Strawberry Straw ber*ry, n. [AS. stre[ a]wberige; stre[ a]w straw + berie berry; perhaps from the resemblance of the runners of the plant to straws.] (Bot.) A fragrant edible berry, of a delicious taste and commonly of a red color, the fruit of a …
114Tube worm — The name tube worm may refer to any of a number of unrelated tube dwellingworm like invertebrates. These include chiefly various polychaetes, specifically the family Siboglinidae (beard worms), Serpulidae, and related families of the order… …
115ring worm — in angling, a plastic worm with ridges said to be life like to fish …
116zipper worm — in angling, a plastic worm with a flat but ridged body (like a clothes zipper) …
117Demineralizing (silk worm cocoon) — Demineralizing has the potential to be used in the silk sector enabling wet reeling of Wild Silk moth cocoons by removing the mineral layer present in these cocoons. This technique is not like degumming where the gum of the fibroin fibres is… …
118fan worm — noun a tube dwelling marine bristle worm with a fan like crown of filaments for filtering the water for food. [Families Sabellidae and Serpulidae: many species.] …
119slow-worm — ► NOUN ▪ a small snake like legless lizard that gives birth to live young. ORIGIN Old English, from an unexplained first element + wyrm «snake» …
120Palmer-worm — (Heb. gazam). The English word may denote either a caterpillar (as rendered by the LXX.), which wanders like a palmer or pilgrim, or which travels like pilgrims in bands (Joel 1:4; 2:25), the wingless locusts, or the migratory locust in its… …
